Grant and DeRozan, nothing more than a front for Lakers management?
After the Lakers missed Paul, Klay, and Varland in succession, it was revealed that they were interested in Grant and DeRozan, to be honest, the first three may be really intentional, but Grant and DeRozan Lakers are not necessarily intentional!
First of all, everyone should pay attention to a key issue, that is, James has not renewed his contract until now! In fact, in the hearts of the Lakers management, they think that James will 99% of the contract extension, after all, Bronny has been selected by them! And the reason why James delayed announcing the renewal of the contract is actually forcing the management to strengthen the lineup, including James's willingness to reduce the salary of capable players! At the beginning of the matter, the Lakers management did have plans to strengthen it, that is, Paul, DeRozan and Wallan, but there was no way that none of them reached it! Therefore, in order to fool James into renewing his contract as soon as possible, they moved out of their usual methods in the past - Grant and DeRozan, who pretend to be intentional and have no replacement candidates, at least for the past three years [laughing and crying]
Secondly, the Lakers management has little requirement for results! Today, the American media also said that there is a disagreement between Lake Guan and James, Lake Guan wants to cultivate rookies, and James also wants to rush to the next championship! In fact, you can know when they choose Redick as the head coach and give him a long-term contract! Since they are all planning to develop rookies, and there are also Grant and DeRozan, isn't that a contradiction? What the Lakers management wants is to renew the contract with James with the highest salary, make some money on the same stage in the first year, and then come back after James retires from the tour and makes another wave of money! After James retires, the team's salary space will naturally be freed up, and when the rookie grows, the thick eyebrows are still at their peak, and they can still attract a superstar to join! But if Grant or DeRozan are signed and the contract is renewed, the space for the Lakers to retire is still very crowded!
Finally, the lake management knows very well that the chips in his hand can't be exchanged for these two people at all! Whether it is the Bulls or the Trail Blazers, they belong to the rebuild, and the Lakers' trading chips are Russell + a round + Sifino, to be honest, a Russell's expiring contract is indeed possible for these two teams to accept, but a round + Severino is really not attractive! This is also confirmed by the recent news that the Bulls are said to have made an offer of two first-rounders!
If you want me to say that it is better to be honest and use Russell's expiring contract in exchange for Kuzma!
